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BUTTON PASTENE'R.

Patented Dec. 22

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JAMES F. THAYER, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

BUTTON-FASTENER- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 332.968, dated December 22,1885.

Application filed June 24, 1885.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMEs F. THAYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Button-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to button-fastenings5 and it consists, principally, in the novel construction of the attaching loop or hook combined with an integrally-formed base or table.

My present improved fastener is adapted to be used in attaching buttons to fabrics, &c., without the aid of a special tool or setting-instrument, said fastener having a stem or post projecting from the center of the base and terminating in two oppositelyformed hook-shaped wings, which are bent laterally toward each other for the purpose of providing an overhanging forked hook, the same being adapted to be passed through the buttons eye and forced apart laterally, thus securing the button to the fabric; but at the same time permitting the eye of the button to move freely in the double loop, all as will be more fully hereinafter set forth and claimed.

Figure 1 in the accompanying sheet of drawings represents, in enlarged scale, the metallic blank from which the fastener is formed. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the fastener complete,wherein the wings are shown as bent forward to form the forked or double hook and ready for use. Fig. 3 is a front view of the device, showing the hook portion passed through the eye of the button. Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view on line a: :r of Fig. 3, showing the top of the hooks and a portion of the button-eye. Fig. 5 is a front View showing the button completely attached to the fabric, the points or ends of the hooks having been bent rearwardly for the purpose of locking and retaining the button in position. Fig. 6 is a side or edge view of the same. Fig. 7 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 0 0 of Fig. 5; and Fig.8 represents a modi- Serial No. 169,610. (No model.)

fied form of the blank, wherein the post extends to the end in parallel sides, the upper portionbeing cut or slitted through its center.

The following is a detailed description of the invention, including the manner of its ap plication and use.

B, again referring to the drawings, designates the blank from which the fastener is cut or formed. The upper portion of the stem orpost b may terminate in parallel sides and be slitted longitudinally at b b, said portion being subsequently bent (see dotted lines) to form the hooks c c, all as fully indicated in Fig. 8, in the blank B.

The button-fastener A, Fig. 2, made from the blank B, is produced by simply bending the two hooks 0 toward each other and in front of the stem 6, to produce the forked or claw-shaped loop 0 The operation of attaching buttons to fabrics by means of the present improved fastener may be described substantially as follows: The fabric F is first punctured or perforated, after which the hook end a c is inserted therein, the double hook projecting above the uppersurface of the fabric. The eye 3 of the button E is then passed over the points of said hook, (see Figs. 3 and 4,) after which the said points are bent rearwardly to partiall y encircle the baton-eye, as shown in Figs. 5, 6, and 7, thus connecting the button to the fabric and completing the operation.

I am aware that fasteners having a base, stem, and attaching-loop have been made prior to my invention therefore I do not claim such construction, broadly; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. As an improved article of manufacture, the button-fastener herein-described, consisting of the single stem or post with the duplex or forked attaching-loop on its end and the retaining-base, substantially as shown and set forth.

2. The metallic button-fastener A, herein described, consisting of the base a, stem b, and substantially in line with or over the end por- T0 double or forked attaching-hook 0 0 the whole tions of the head a, as shown. being integrally formed from a single blank, In testimony whereof I have affixed my substantially as shown and set forth. signature in presence of two witnesses.

3. The metallic blank B, herein described, having the elongated head a, stem 1;, extendv JAMES THAYER ing from said head, and oppositely-formed Witnesses: hooks c c, the latter forming the termination GEO. W. PRENTIGE, of said stem and having the points thereof CHARLES GREENE. 

